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The AI Readiness Checklist
A practical 30 point checklist for Canadian business owners evaluating whether AI will actually save them time and money. No fluff, no sales pitch.
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AI resources for Canadian trades and contractors.
Plain-language guides, downloads, and case studies on AI for Canadian field service businesses. No hype. No vendor pitches. Just clear, practical thinking on what AI can actually do for a contractor.
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Three tools to start with.
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Missed Call ROI Calculator
See how much revenue is going to voicemail right now. Three inputs, one number. Most contractors are surprised by what the math says.
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COR Readiness Scorecard
A short scorecard that tells Ontario contractors how close they are to COR-ready. Operated by Cor Pathways, our sister company.
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From the field.
Real operational outcomes from businesses like yours. Client details anonymized.
Trades and Construction
A 14-person electrical contractor was losing $40K plus per year to invisible job-cost overruns.
The owner had a strong estimating process but no way to track actuals against estimates in real time. We built a job-cost dashboard pulling from QuickBooks and the dispatch system, so crew leads see a daily budget snapshot and the owner sees a live view of every active job against its estimated margin.
- $43,200
- Recovered annual margin in year one
- 3 hrs/week
- Saved on month-end reconciliation
- 11 days
- From audit to first dashboard live
Field Services, HVAC
A two-technician HVAC company was losing 6 to 8 jobs per month to unanswered calls.
The owner operated in the field full-time and calls that went to voicemail rarely converted. We deployed an AI receptionist with after-hours text-back and Jobber-connected auto-booking. The system answers inquiries, presents available time slots, collects job details, and either books the appointment or sends an immediate callback notification, around the clock.
- +22%
- Increase in booked jobs within 90 days
- 6 days
- From audit to receptionist live
- 24/7
- After-hours coverage without hiring
Transportation and Logistics
A 22-truck regional carrier had no real-time visibility into whether individual loads were profitable.
Top-line revenue looked fine. The problem was that fuel costs, driver overtime, and route inefficiencies were quietly eroding margin on specific lanes. We connected ELD, fuel card, and dispatch data into a single dashboard. Dispatchers now see a margin estimate per load before it is confirmed, and loss-making lanes have been repriced or eliminated.
- $67,000
- Annualized margin recovered on captured loads
- 4.2 hrs/day
- Saved across dispatch and admin
- Live
- Per-load margin visibility before dispatch
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The SMB AI strategy guide.
A practical guide for Canadian business owners evaluating whether data unification and AI will actually save them time and money. No fluff, no sales pitch.
Soft entry
Not sure where the money is going? Start with $250.
A focused two-week diagnostic of where missed calls, slow quotes, and broken admin are leaking revenue from your business. Written report. Credited toward implementation if you move forward.